7% of people admit they have no idea how to pronounce names. Make that 100% if those names appear on today’s list of the, Top 5 Common Names Everyone Pronounces Wrong.
Louis: Is it Lou-ISS, who works a regular job? Or LOU-ee, who sells cigarettes from the trunk of his car?
Rory: It should just be “Rory.” But idiots from Boston ruin it with RAH-ry.
Seth: If you think there’s only one way to pronounce “Seth,” you don’t know anyone with a lisp.
Xavier: Is it Zavier? EX-avier? Or should we just go with “X-man”?
Joaquin: Is it WHA-keen? Wha-KEEN? Or, if you’re dyslexic, Quinoa?
Jeffrey: This one’s easy, right? “Not so fast,” say snobs named Joff-REE.
Zooey: I never met anyone named “ZOO-ey,” but they supposedly exist. Like Jacksonville Jaguar fans.
Leah: 99.9% of the time on Earth, it’s Lee-ah. 99.9% of the time on Alderaan, it’s LAY-ah.